Originally posted by: lordjedi

Originally posted by: Go-Mer-TonicLast night I popped in Star Wars on my PC and got fairly close to the monitor. I can certainly see what you guys are saying about the resolution and the jaggy lines and the graineyness. But at the same time I think the colors and general sharpness is pretty good. One thing I love the most about this release is the way you get the image instability. To me that instantly nails that feeling I had watching the originals in the theater, where it all looks so real, but has that twitch to it that your brain adjusts to, but still gives you that slight feeling like you are hallucinating or something. Like this "reality" is slightly off the tracks.

Dude, the "image instability" is the worst thing about this release. Based on what I've seen, that shake is very noticable and just nasty. I really don't want to feel like I'm hallucinating when I watch Star Wars. I want to be drawn into the movie. That shake completely drops me out of the movie it's so noticeable. Not to mention all the scratches and other things I notice.

lordjedi, I've agreed with most of what you've said so far, but I have to disagree with you here. The "image instability" Go-mer referred to is just gate weave, which is not generally considered to be a flaw. It's an inherent part of the film process- if you go to see Casino Royale in a theater today, you will also see gate weave (if you look for it- generally, if you don't seek it out- you won't notice it). You will also see gate weave on at least 90% of all DVDs released today (most noticeable during the opening and ending credits). Any film that is run through a projector or a telecine, will have some gate weave. Only films that have been scanned frame-by-frame for DVD release will not have it. Most DVD movies have not been scanned this way, because the process is more expensive than using a telecine. However, just because a telecine has been used to make a DVD transfer doesn't mean that the transfer can't be excellent. In fact, there are some who are critical of using the scanning process because they feel it makes the transfer look more like video than film. Personally, I don't really have a preference either way.

These DVDs do have flaws and the true flaws do deserve criticism, but I don't think it's fair to criticise them for something that technically is not a flaw. I don't know if you've watched all three of the DVDs in their entirety, but I've watched all three of them 2 or 3 times each so far, and to me, the gate weave is no worse than on any other DVD I have, or any movie I've seen theatrically. In fact, they're better than some DVDs I have (ie-the Rocky Horror 25th Anniversary DVD has some scenes where the gate weave is far more apparent).

Anyhow, just my 2 cents.